The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-10
Household Hints.

Oil of lavender will drive away flies.
A refrigerator should be scrubbed at
least once week.
Carrots and turnips, If placed in layers
IN a box of sand, will keep for many
weeks.
The best way to hang up a broom is to
screw large picture ring into the top of
the handle.
Moisture is the greatest enemy OF the pi-
sno, and it cannot be too carefully guarded
against.
Never have dark furniture in the kitchen;
ii shows dust much more than light, and
requires double the care.
To stop the bleeding of wound set
mass of wooden rags on fire, and hold the
afflicted part over them in the smoke.
A tea made of chestnut leaves, and drank
in the place of water, is said to have cured
many obstinate cases of dropsy.
A tea made OF ripe or dried whortleber-
ries and drank in the place of water, is a
speedy cure for many forms of scrofulous
difficulties.
When laid away for any length of time,
linen should be washed, rough dried with
out blueing, and laid in loose folds with
out much weight on it.
A Belgian gardener contends that after
lTylUR LIE NdIlOuS Special manufactured
Insecticides, he is satisfied that tobacco
juice in its different forms is still the best
remedy.
Boiled potatoes ought to be laid out on a
plate, and are then as good for frying or
MASKING as If they we're freshly cooked. If
left heaped up they will often spoil in one
night.
A lump OF soda laid upon the drain
pipe down which waste water passes will
prevent the clogging of the pipe with
grease, especially il the pipe is flooded
every week with boiling water.
Fish glue is not SO generally appreciated
mend either furniture, glass or china, this
last so that the articles can be used con-
stantly, If little care is taken in the wash
ing.
Prof Tyndall has proved that atmos.
| pherc germs cannot pass through layer
of cotton, and it is now said that preserved
( fruit may be kept in perfect condition by
covering the jar with cotton batting. Pu
| rifcatiop is caused by minute atmospheric
germs. They are expelled by cooking, and
the cotton batting prevents their return
when the fruit cools.
Calls brains ffied-Take the brains and
beat up with an egg, salt and pepper; fry
in hot lard.
Cookies-Two cups of sugar, two eggs
one cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful OF soda.
Cup cake-One cup sugar, one table
spoonful of butter, one cup of milk, one
egg, three cups OF -four, one teaspooufu
baking powder.
Pudding sauce-Beat together four tea
spoonfuls of sugar and two ounces of but
ter; stir in a teacup of boiling water
flavor to to taste.
Meat balls-Take cold roast beef anC
chop fine, season with salt, pepper and
sage, put In one egg, make into little ball
and fry in butter or drippings.
Green sponge cake-Two teacups o
sugar, one of cream, two of -four, four eggs
one tesspooDfnl of baking powder and tea
spoonful extract of lemon bake quickly
Lemon marmalade-Take.lem pee
and extract the seeds. Boil the lemon
until soft, add the juice and pulp. with
pound of sugar to pound of lemon. Boi
to thicken.
Snow cake-One cup of white sugar, hall
cup of butter, one and half of flour half
cup OF sweet milk, teaspooDful of bakin
powder. whites Of four eggs; flavor wit
almond.
Corn cake-Two cups of Indian meal, tv
cups of cold water or milk, one.haif cup o
-four, one-hsh cup sugar, one egg, two tes